The story of Clare of Assisi (1193-1253), the first woman to formally associate with Francis of Assisi, is explored in a new book, Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth-Century Church: Religious Women, ...

Set in 1211 Italy, playwright Chiara Atik tells the story of St Clare of Assisi, founder of the Order of Poor Ladies (later called The Poor Clares), who renounced her family’s wealth and status and ...

Clare calls this the “glorious exchange,” swapping worldly station for the fleetness and liberation of a higher allegiance. Beyond this, Clare exhorts Agnes to remember her calling—Franciscan ...

He devoted his catechesis to another great woman of that period — St. Clare of Assisi, ... hid herself, but her life was revealed to all. Clare was silent, but her fame cried out” (FF, 3284).

“Their angels in heaven always behold the face of my heavenly Father” (Matt 18:10). Ezek 2:8—3:4; Matt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 When we place the life of St. Clare in the historical context of the ...

This juxtaposition of historic and contemporary, familiar from the likes of The Favourite and The Great, is more stark here ...

St. Clare of Assisi is recognized today as the co-founder of the Franciscan way of life, which includes living in God-centered poverty – depending on God for everything – and caring for the poor.

The Poor Clares follow the Rule of St. Clare — which was approved by Pope Innocent IV two days before Clare’s death in 1253 — and take vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity.

Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) may be unique among the saints of the Catholic Church for the abundance of horticultural references surrounding her life and legacy. Commemorating Clare with a garden is ...

The story of Clare of Assisi (1193-1253), the first woman to formally associate with Francis of Assisi, is explored in a new book, Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth-Century Church: Religious Women, ...